It’s something you are more likely to see on New Year’s Eve or Saint Patrick’s Day than a random Friday night. The Highway Patrol will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Grass Valley-Nevada City area tonight…

Highway Patrol Officer Greg Tassone says they’ll also be checking to see if drivers have their licenses. While the purpose is to get impaired drivers off the roadways, making arrests is not the primary goal. However, they will likely see a few…

The checkpoint will be conducted from 8pm to midnight. The exact location will be announced later this afternoon, but Tassone says it will be in a high traffic area, and likely outside the city limits of both Grass Valley and Nevada City.